Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The February 2021 prison memo sent by Warden Brad Adams was clear. “Effective immediately” inmates in the medium-security, ...

Discrimination based on hair texture and race-based hairstyles like braids, dreadlocks and twists, is now illegal in Michigan thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. A crowd of members from ...

Every year when summer rolls around, I get knots in the pit of my stomach just thinking about how I’m going to swim without getting my natural hair wet. Traditional swimming caps have never fully ...

California Governor Ron Newsom signed a bill Wednesday barring discrimination against natural black hairstyles, including dreadlocks and braids (Pictures: AP) A sweeping new law has banned college or ...

A Gisborne school's ban on dreadlocks and braids has been labelled "straight racist" by a local woman, who plans to lodge a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. The ban was announced by ...

Dreadlocks are not permitted at Gisborne Boys’ High School. (File photo). Photo: Stuff / Stuff A rule forbidding “extravagant and unusual haircuts, including dreadlocks and braids” at Gisborne Boys’ ...

California lawmakers are working on a bill to protect people from being discriminated against because of their hair. The so-called "Crown Act" would make it illegal for employers to enforce policies ...

A Birmingham student was left “angry and upset” after being turned away from a temping agency because she has dreadlocks. Cheyanne Arnold was told by TempTribe that her hair was unprofessional and did ...